The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
As Valentine's Day draws near Kent Trading Standards would like to warn residents about Online dating scams. The scams involve the victim joining an online dating service or being contacted by someone who is looking for romance, but happens to live overseas.
Kent County Council has been made aware of companies offering advice on welfare benefits via premium rate telephone services costing in the region of £1.50 per minute. There is nothing in law to stop a business from doing this but Kent advise claimants and potential claimants to remember that benefit advice can be obtained for free from other sources.
Liberal Democrats in Hinckley & Bosworth have shamed the Conservatives into dropping plans for a huge hike in home care charges for Leicestershire's pensioners.
Plans by the Liberal Democrats to massively increase the energy efficiency of all homes will lead to big savings in energy bills, say Liberal Democrats in Hinckley and Bosworth.
The Liberal Democrats Humanist and Secularist Group would like to wish you all a Happy Darwin Day, on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.
Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield yesterday wrote to Transport Minister Paul Clark MP to invite him to visit Chesterfield to meet with Chesterfield Borough Council and to see at first hand the effects of the Government's disastrous under-funding of the Concessionary Bus Fares Scheme which is wiping out Council reserves, causing an initial 45 job losses and cutting Council Services.